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Report of the Acting Superintendent of Forestry 



Honolulu, Hawaii, December 31, 1914. 



The Board of Commissioners of 



Agriculture and Forestry, 



Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit herewith that part of 

 the biennial report of the Division of Forestry for the period from 

 September 1, 1914, to December 31, 1914, during which time I 

 served at your direction as Acting Superintendent of Forestry after 

 Mr. Ralph S. Hosiner's resignation from the super inteiidency. 



Forest Extension. 



The tree planting on that part of the Honolulu Watershed 

 Forest Reserve, lying between Round Top Hill and the planted 

 forest on Tantalus, including Sugar Loaf, has been continued to 

 the end of the period. Up to December 31, 1914, a total area of 

 39 acres has been planted. Of the total number of 7885 seedlings 

 set out, 6136 are Koa and 1749 are Kukui. Owing to favorable 

 weather throughout the summer of 1914 we were able to continue 

 planting and the seedlings got a good start and are doing well. 



In September, 1914, I visited Kauai, and made final arrange- 

 ments for planting the seed of the Chinese Plum (Eugenia sps.) 

 on the Moloaa Forest Reserve at Anahola. The tract was exam- 

 ined and instructions given as to how the work should be done, the 

 spacing to be 10 x 10 feet. The work of digging the holes and 

 planting the trees was begun in October, and completed in Decem- 

 ber. At time of writing (Feb. 3, 1915), a report has been re- 

 ceived from Mr. Kama D. Lovell (who had charge of the plant- 

 ing) stating that he has examined the planted area, and found that 

 out of the 18,900 holes planted, only between 50 and 60 trees failed 

 to grow. This experiment will be watched with interest, and if it 

 is found that certain bare areas within the forest reserves can be 

 successfully covered with this tree at a cost of $10 per acre ; , which 

 is approximately what this work has cost, it might be advisable 

 to do more direct planting with this and similar species. The wood 

 of this Eugenia makes good firewood, and it is also used to some 

 extent for fence posts. 



Final arrangements for the planting of a double line of trees 

 along the boundary fence between the Koolau Forest Reserve and 

 the Nahiku homesteads on Maui were agreed upon, and for this 

 purpose 2,200 seedlings of Eucalyptus robusta were sent up from 



